Is there a faster way of moving virtual machines to other computers?

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alenguav
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Is there a faster way of moving virtual machines to other computers?

Post by alenguav »

Hello,
We are working in a project where we setup virtual machines in Windows laptops to be sent to locations without Internet access,
however the process of exporting and importing of VMs of Virtual Box is quite slow so I was wondering if there is an easier way
to do this.

In contrast, doing the same with VMWare Player would require only a copy paste process.
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Re: Is there a faster way of moving virtual machines to other computers?

Post by socratis »

Read "Moving a VM" and interpret it as "Copying a VM". Mind you that the VM that is copied is identical to the original and you might have activation issues in Windows guests, although I expect them to be less compared to the Export/Import procedure.
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